Lucy Wainwright Roche

Bleecker Street

Lucy Wainwright Roche


Tom: Em

G   D/F# C G/C   C/G G/C

[Verse 1]
                        D/F#        C   G     
Fog’s rolling in off the east river bank    
        Am   Am/G  Am/F#           
Like a shroud________
      G            Em
It covers Bleecker Street
          B7               C 
Fills the alleys where men sleep
          G       D/F# 
Hides the shepherd___
         Em      G   D/F# C G/C   C/G G/C
From the sheep   

                                    
[Verse 2]
       D/F#          C      G     
Voices leaking from a sad cafe
        Am   Am/G  Am/F#           
Smiling faces________
      G      Em
Try to understand
        B7            C 
I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand
   G  D/F#  Em       G   D/F# C G/C   C/G G/C             
On Bleecker Street


[Verse 3]
         D/F#  C           G     
The poet reads his crooked rhyme
      Am  Am/G  Am/F#           
Holy, holy________
      G     Em
Is his sacrament
       B7               C 
Thirty dollars pays your rent
   G  D/F#  Em       G   D/F# C G/C   C/G G/C             
On Bleecker Street


[Verse 4]
          D/F#       C       G     
I heard a church bell softly chime
     Am    Am/G  Am/F#           
In a melody________
  G     Em
Sustaining
       B7           C 
It's a long road to Canaan
   G  D/F#  Em       G   D/F# C G/C   C/G   G/C             
On Bleecker Street

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